1736-1740 Session Information
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- Start Date: Aug 5 1736
- End Date: Aug 28 1740
- Notes: Called for August 1, 1735, this Assembly was repeatedly prorogued until it finally met from August 5 to September 23, 1736; it met again from November 1 to December 21, 1738, from May 22 to June 17, 1740, and finally from August 21 to 28, 1740
- Speaker:
John Randolph
John Robinson Jr.
- Clerk:
Benjamin Needler
Peter Randolph
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Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| William Acrill | Charles City | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Edward Allen | Accomack | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Allen | Surry | |
| John Aylett | King William | Public Claims |
| William Aylett | Westmoreland | Courts of Justice
Public Claims |
| _____________________ Baker | Nansemond | |
| George Ball | Northumberland | Public Claims |
| James Ball | Lancaster | Public Claims |
| Edward Barradall | College of William and Mary | |
| Edmund Berkeley | Middlesex | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Beverley | Orange | Public Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Public Claims |
| John Blair | Williamsburg | Public Claims (Chair) |
| Edward Booker | Amelia | Courts of Justice |
| Samuel Boush | Norfolk County | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| Peter Bowdoin | Northampton | Public Claims |
| John Buckner | York | Public Claims |
| Lewis Burwell | Jamestown | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Carter Sr. | King George | Propositions and Grievances |
| Leonard Claiborne | King William | Public Claims |
| Edwin Conway | Lancaster | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
| Gawin Corbin | King and Queen | Courts of Justice (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Crafford | Norfolk County | |
| Rice Curtis | Spotsylvania | |
| Edward Diggs | York | Propositions and Grievances |
| __________ Doran | New Kent | |
| John Eaton | James City County | Public Claims |
| Thomas Edmunds | Surry | |
| Jacob Elligood | Princess Anne | Public Claims |
| Henry Embry | Brunswick | |
| Francis Eppes | Prince George | Courts of Justice |
| William Fantleroy | Richmond County | Courts of Justice |
| Henry Fitzhugh | Stafford | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Fleming | Caroline | |
| Jonathan Gibson | Caroline | |
| William Gray | Surry | |
| Robert Green | Orange | |
| Joseph Grey | Isle of Wight | Courts of Justice |
| Matthew Harmanson | Northampton | Public Claims |
| Robert Harris | Hanover | |
| Benjamin Harrison IV | Charles City | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Haynes | Warwick | Public Claims |
| Peter Hedgman | Prince William | Public Claims |
| James Holman | Goochland | |
| John Hutchings | Norfolk Borough | |
| William Johnson | Spotsylvania | Courts of Justice |
| Richard Jones | Amelia | |
| Matthew Kenchin | Isle of Wight | |
| Richard Kennon | Charles City | Propositions and Grievances |
| Cornelius Lyde | King William | |
| William Macon | New Kent | Courts of Justice |
| W. Marable | James City County | |
| John Martin | Caroline | |
| Daniel McCarty | Westmoreland | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections |
| William Meriwether | Hanover | |
| Robert Munford | Prince George | Courts of Justice |
| Salvator Muscoe | Essex | Courts of Justice |
| Thomas Osborne | Prince William | |
| Sacker Parker | Accomack | |
| John Peyton | Stafford | |
| Valentine Peyton | Prince William | |
| Peter Presley | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Price | Middlesex | Public Claims |
| Daniel Pugh | Nansemond | Courts of Justice |
| Isham Randolph | Goochland | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Randolph | College of William and Mary | |
| Richard Randolph | Henrico | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Lemuel Riddick | Nansemond | |
| John Robinson Jr. | King and Queen | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
| William Roscow | Warwick | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Ruffin | Surry | Public Claims |
| Henry Scarburg | Accomack | |
| Edmund Scarburgh | Accomack | Public Claims |
| Edward Scott | Goochland | |
| John Simmons | Isle of Wight | Propositions and Grievances |
| Lawrence Smith | Gloucester | Courts of Justice |
| Merit Sweney | Elizabeth City | Courts of Justice Public Claims |
| Thomas Turner | King George | Public Claims |
| Anthony Walke | Princess Anne | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Wall | Brunswick | |
| Thomas Waring | Essex | Privileges and Elections |
| William Westwood | Elizabeth City | Courts of Justice |
| Francis Willis | Gloucester | Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Willis | Spotsylvania | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Woodbridge | Richmond County | Propositions and Grievances |
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